LBNL employees are eligible for access to all electronic resources licensed by the LBNL Library (through UC Berkeley), including article databases, e-journals, e-books, encyclopedias, dictionaries, numeric data, and other premium online resources. This access is automatic if your computer is on the LBNL network, but if you're using the visitor's wireless network or you're at home or at some other location and not using a VPN to connect, you need to use a proxy server. Essentially, you connect to the proxy server, you log in with your Berkeley Lab Identity (LDAP) account, and then the proxy server queries the system on your behalf.

You must configure your browser to use a proxy.pac (proxy auto-config) file. The URL to this file is https://library-resources.lbl.gov/proxy.pac The steps for configuring the most recent versions of most browsers are below. If you're using an earlier version or a different browser, you might find directions for it in the UCB setup instructions. (These setup instructions should work for the LBNL proxy server.) Just remember to use the URL for the LBNL proxy and not the UCB proxy. (Your LBNL login won't work with the UCB proxy server. LBNL employees will not necessarily receive any services from the UCB proxy server.)

In the Network window, if you want to prevent further changes, click the lock icon at bottom left.

Click Apply, close the Network window. then close the Advanced window.

These instructions are based on Chrome version 21 running on Windows 7 Professional

Click the wrench icon in the upper right (Customize and Control Google Chrome) and select Settings.

At the bottom of the page, click Show advanced settings...

Scroll down to the Network category and click the Change proxy settings... button. This will open the browser's Internet Properties window.

Click on the Connections tab.

Click on the LAN settings button.

DeselectAutomatically detect settingsSelectUse automatic configuration script Type (or copy and paste) the following URL into the Address box:https://library-resources.lbl.gov/proxy.pacBe sure to include "https://", and do not insert any empty spaces before or after the URL.

Click OK to save your LAN settings.

Click OK to close the Internet Properties window.

Close the Settings window or tab.

These instructions are based on Firefox version 14 running on Mac OSX.

Pull down the Firefox menu and select Preferences.

Click on the Advanced icon.

Click on the Network tab.

In the "Connection" area, click the Settings button.

Select Automatic proxy configuration URL: and type (or copy and paste) the following URL into the field below that:https://library-resources.lbl.gov/proxy.pacBe sure to include "https://", and do not insert any empty spaces before or after the URL.

Click the Reload button and then OK to close the Connection Settings dialog box, or if the Reload button is grayed out, just click OK.

Click OK to close the Settings dialog box

These instructions are based on Firefox version 14 running on Windows 7 Professional.

If your Firefox window has a menu bar, click the Tools menu and select Options. If there is no menu bar, pull down the Firefox menu, select Options and then Options again.

Click on the Advanced icon.

Click on the Network tab.

In the "Connection" area, click the Settings button.

Select Automatic proxy configuration URL: and type (or copy and paste) the following URL into the field below that:https://library-resources.lbl.gov/proxy.pacBe sure to include "https://", and do not insert any empty spaces before or after the URL.

Click the Reload button and then OK to close the Connection Settings dialog box, or if the Reload button is grayed out, just click OK.

Click OK to close the Options dialog box

These instructions are based on IE-9 running on Windows 7 Professional.

Click on the "gear" icon in the upper right corner of the browser window, and select Internet options.

Click on the Connections tab.

Click on the LAN settings button.

DeselectAutomatically detect settingsSelectUse automatic configuration script Type (or copy and paste) the following URL into the Address box:https://library-resources.lbl.gov/proxy.pacBe sure to include "https://", and do not insert any empty spaces before or after the URL.

Click OK to save your LAN settings.

Click OK to close the Internet Options window.

Pull down the Safari menu and select Preferences

Click on the Advanced icon.

In the Proxies: option, click on Change Settings.

System Preferences should start up automatically, with the Network window open and Proxies selected. (You may need to log in with your Administrator password to make these changes.)

Under Select a protocol to configure:, choose Automatic Proxy Configuration. Even if this box is already checked, you may still need to click on these words to make the Proxy Configuration File URL text box appear on right side of window.

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